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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nick do when he returns home?
(a) Calls his girlfriend.
(b) Works on a jigsaw puzzle.
(c) Eats dinner with his father.
(d) Watches TV and falls asleep.

2. What does Nick's father fiddle with as he mulls over his fight with the man?
(a) His TV remote.
(b) His boots.
(c) His fishing pole.
(d) His shotgun.

3. What nationality is the girl that Nick spends a lot of time with?
(a) German.
(b) Irish.
(c) Indian.
(d) French.

4. How does Nick react to the surgery?
(a) He watches intently.
(b) He boils water.
(c) He sterilizes the instruments.
(d) He is frightened.

5. Who gives Nick and Littless money for their trip?
(a) Aunt Hadley.
(b) Aunt Harriet.
(c) Aunt Halley.
(d) Aunt Hattie.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Nick look forward to on his trip?

2. What lie does Nick's father tell his wife?

3. What lie does Nick tell his father when he returns to camp?

4. Where did Ad meet Bugs?

5. What does the author also tell the reader about the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nick's fear of death exhibit again in this story?

2. How does Hemingway continue to show Nick's passivity?

3. How is Nick's demeanor in this story uncharacteristic of his usual calm manner?

4. On which artist's work does Nick model his writing?

5. What is the theme of this story and how does Hemingway extend it?

6. Despite his being older, what fear still haunts Nick?

7. How does Nick show sensitivity when interacting with the large prostitute, Alice?

8. What are Nick's thoughts on writing about anything real?

9. What do Nick and his friend, John, learn about a peasant man they meet at an inn during a ski trip?

10. What is Hemingway's fascination with boxers and what happens to the boxers mentioned in these stories?

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